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James Joyce was born in Dublin into a middle-class family.
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He enrolled to University College to study English, French and Italian. He participated in many of Dublin's theatrical and literary circles. -
His first publication—a laudatory review of Henrik Ibsen's When We Dead Awaken—was printed in The Fortnightly Review -
Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories that form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle-class life in and around the city in the early 20th century. -
Joyce finished writing Ulysses near the end of 1921, but had difficulties getting it published. Ulysses was not legally published in the United States until 1934. The novel consists of 18 episodes, each covering roughly one hour of the day using a unique literary style -
James Joyce underwent surgery in Zürich and died two days later, at the age of 58.